Classical highlights: Joe Duddell, Bryn Terfel, Hayley Westenra
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Classical highlights: Joe Duddell, Bryn Terfel, Hayley Westenra
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Julie Andrews' London comeback
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
But do visit You Tube and catch some old film of her aged twelve singing God Save the King for a Royal Variety Performance. It’s quite magical – for sheer beauty of tone, clarity of diction and musical sensitivity she puts the likes of Charlotte Church, Faryl Smith and Hayley Westenra in the shade. And whether by objective critical standards, she’s any good at the O2 Arena or not, you...
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Emeralds and Ivy
boyzone.Net (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Ronan hosted his 4th Emerald’s and Ivy fundraising Ball in London for the Marie Keating Foundation in Association with Cancer Research UK on Saturday night. The star studded event was attended by Shane from Westlife, Gary Bariow, Alan Shearer, Natasha Kaplinsky, Scott Mills, Jennifer Ellison, Jodie Kidd, Shay Given, Hayley Westenra, Matt Dawson and of [...]
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Twickenham
Exiled New Zealander (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... pretty cool, actually - as the photo shows, they unfurled a gigantic St George's Cross, and then Hayley Westenra and Faryl Smith joined forces to lead the crowds in singing Jerusalem (which, mysteriously, is a bit of a 'this sums up all things English and rugby-related' hymn around these parts). It seemed to do the trick - the people sitting around us were quietly supportive of their...
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The FT Top 100 Tracks Of All Time: 23: Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... a little bit too respectful, for a metal version the original has more oomph. Not bad though. Hayley Westenra : I am guessing a country singer, again played straight but with an interesting set of lilting flutes in the background. Actually the backing is so tame we are tiptoeing into potentially Irish ballading/easy listening. Oh, she is a NZ classical music singer who later joined...